Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-21


REsIGNED.-Mr. Jay Stone chief of the Corre-
spondence division, War Department, has rendered
his resignation, to take effect August l. to accept
the position OF secretary of the board OF engineer
officers on fOrtifcatiOnS in New York, OF which
Col. 7. L. Casey is president. Mr.. Stone will as
sumo his new duties August TO- and will take up
his residence In Orange. He has been in the Gov
ernment service for seventeen years, beginning as
ageneral-service clerk at $40 per month and max
nus way 10 ms present responsible position by In
tellgence and industry. He made himself indis.
penSable to the last three or four Secretaries OF
war, and was frequently charged with important
conndentia business in addition to bis regular du-
ties. Although relic Of the republican admini-
stration Secretary EndicOtt has accepted his resig
nation with regret
AN "ORDNANCE SHIP" NEcEssARY-A report re-
ceived at the Navy Department yesterday, from
the commander OF the new cruiser Atlanta, which
arrived at Newport yesterday, says that when the
eight inch rifles were fired recently at Gardeners
carriages satisfactorily. The clips OF two of the
six-inch guns also failed to hold the carriages
upon firing. Tfese carriages and their appliances
worked satisfactorily upon trial at the proving
grounds, but the conditions under which guns are
fired ON shipboard are materially different from
those at the proving tests and the unfavOrable
suit OF the trial on the Atlanta confirms ordnance
officers In their opinion that an ''Ordnance ship"
Tor the trial af1oat of new guns is absolute ne
cessity. The officers OF the Atlanta deny that her
guns are too heavy to be fired on vessel of her
size but say that with proper carriages they can
De nred without dlfficulty the present carriages
being too light.
THOSE WHO LEAVE THE CITY during the sum-
mer can have THE STAR mailed to them for any
length OF time, and the address changed as often
as desired. The subscrip ZION must be invariably
paid In advance.
AMONG THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS to-day were
Senator Hampton, ex-Gov. Click, OF Kansas, and
Mr.; Bell, superintendent Of foreign mails, with D.
A. Ball. Of Missouri.
ALL THE CABINET OFFICERS except Secretary
Lamar were at the Cabinet meeting to-day.
THE TEN-INcH Gus.-Work on the 1o-inch rifled
gun is progressing nicely at the Washington navy
yard. The gun proper is about finished, and the
work remaining to be done is mainly upon the
carriage suficient powder to test the gun has
Deen purchased, and by the time the platform is
ready at the proving grounds the gun viii be ready
for trial.
To COMMAND THE WASHINGTON NAvY-YARD-
Capt. Richard w. Meade will be ordered to COM
mand the Washington navy yard next September
relieving Capt. Rush r. Wallace Secretary Whit
Change beyond the fact that Capt Waiaces M three rec
years term at the navy yard Will expire in Sep
TENDER, and to retain him there longer would be
Meade has been On special duty for some time on
the board to make an inventory OF navy-yards and
stations.
NAVAL ORDERs.-Commodore Jas A. Greer de-
tached from duty as president OF the examining
boarf 31st inst, and ordered to command the
European station August "a. Lieut.. ]. V. B.
Bleecker ordered to duty as inspector OF steel for
new cruisers. Lieut.. Downs L. Wilson detached
from torpedo instruction and placed on waiting
orders. Lieut.. J. ": Robinson detached from the
Minnesota and ordered to duty as steel inspector
for the new cruisers. BOatswain j. B. F. Langton
detached from Mare Island navy-yard and placed
on waiting orders.
PERsoNAL-W. c. LOcherty and l. Z. Stronn Of
New York, Fred Il. Hastings OF Boston, and R. L.
Simpson OF Richmond are at Wtllard's-C. G.
Heldreth Of New York, L. D. Potter OF Aspen, Col,
and Miles Malone OF Boston are at the Riggs.-
Chas. c. Beaman, j. NJ. Clarke, and VIM. o. Lumi-
beer Of New York are at Wormleys-F. B. Thur
Der, ThOs. II. Whelan, II. E. Greene and w, B.
Timms OF New York are at the Arlington
Elicit, K Scott, and B. L. Fox Of Virginia. h. II.
Cooke OF Maryland, Harry Hopkins OF Ohio are at
the Metropolitan D. Gillespie, ]. H. Tracy,
and J. T. Sullivan OF West Virginia, II. P. Crane
and X. II. Leonard OF New York are at the Ma
tional-Hon: Frank Hatton, Chicago NJ, Chaa
NJ. Peck, Cincinnati Ohio, Hon. JAS +. Williams
and wife, Lynchburg, Va, Jno. B. Weir Coast and
Geodetic Survey, are at the Ebbitt